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B. H. WRIGHT.

ELECTRIC GASLIGHTER. No. 316,429. Patented Apr 21, 1885.

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E. HOWARD WRIGHT, OF PROVIDENCE, It. 1., ASSIGNOB OF ONE-HALF TO CHARLEST. HOWVABD AND JOHN WV. DUXBURY, BOTH OF SAME PLACE.

ELECTRIC GAS LlGHTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 316,429, dated April21, 1885.

Application filed April 18, 1984. (N0 model.)'

To ctZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, E. HOWARD WRIGHT, of the city and county ofProvidence, and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Electric Gas- Lighters, of which the following isa full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

My invention relates to portable electric lighters which are designed tobe carried in the hand, like a torch, and by means of which the gas isturned on at the burner and lighted.

The object of my invention is to produce a simple and convenientlighter; and to this end my invention consists in certain peculiar andnovel features of construction and arrangement, as hereinafter describedand claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of myimproved lighter. Fig. 2 is a side elevation, partly in section, of amodified form of lighter.

In the said drawings, A designates the cylindrical base or handle of thelighter, which is open at each end, and divided internally into twocompartments by a transverse partition, a. The lower end of the handleis closed by a screwcap, a, and within the lower compartment is placed abattery, C, of suitable form for the purposes of a hand-lighter. Theupper end of the handle is closed by a screwcap, B, and within the uppercompartment is placed an induction-coil, C. The two posts 0 c of thebattery extend upward through two apertures in the partition a, and fromthese posts, respectively, extend wires 20 'w. The wire 10 runs to aspring'plate, d, which is provided with a push-button, D, extendingthrough the side of the handle A, while the wire w extends to the cap B,which is of electric conducting material. The spring-plate d is se curedto'the inner side of the handle insuch position as, when pressed inward,to make contact with a plate, (2, also secured to the side of thehandle. From the plate d extends a wire, 10 to the induction-coil C. Thecap B is formed with atubular metal stem, 21, through which passes awire, 20 leading from the inductioncoil 0. This construction isillustrated clearly in Fig. 1, and is supposed to be used in Fig. 2.

In Fig. 1, B designates a metal cap, which fits over the upper end ofthe stem 12, and is provided with the apertures 12, which permit theaccess of gas from the burner to the light- 5 ing-spark. WVithin thelower part of the cap B is placed a magnet, E, from which extends aspring, 0, carrying an armature, e. The spring 6 extends upward to aconnection with the wire 6', which is secured to the upper part of thecap and extends downwardly therein to the point of its contact with thespring 6.

In Fig. 2 the cap B, having the apertures b, is used, but the magnet Eis placed vertically in the cap. In lieu of the springs e e, the rods ff are used. The rod f rests upon a plate,

which is supported upon springs g resting upon the magnet E. The lowerend of the rod f carries an enlarged contact-point, and the said rod issecured by its upper end to the upper end of the cap B. As shown in Fig.2, the upper end of the cap B is bifurcated, as

at If, so as to receive the burner-key.

When the key D is pressed, the armature e is drawn toward the magnet E,breaking the contact between the wires e 6 and producing thelighting-sparks, or the plate 9 is drawn down, breaking the contactbetween the rods ff and producing the lighting-sparks. When the buttonis released, the spring 6 resumes its contact with the spring 6 or thepoint f resumes its contactwith the point of the rod f by reason of theexpansive action of the springs 9. As long as the contact is preservedthere will be a number of attractions and repulsions of the 5contact-points at the lighting-point, so that a series of sparks arecaused to pass between the lighting-points.

Thus it will be seen that I have produced a simple and durable form oflighter for gas- 9 burners, and one which is light in weight.

Having thus described myinvention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. The combination,with the handle having thepartition and closing-caps, and a battery and an induction-coil placedwithin said handle, of the stem 1) and cap B, the armature E, and thecontact-points arranged to separate When the circuit is closed, allsubstantially as 3. The combination of the handle, the batdescribed.tery and induction-coil therein, the circuit- 2. The handle A, havingthe partition a, closer consisting of the spring-plate d, having thespring-plate d, having the button D, the the knob D and the plate d, thestem 6, mag- 5 Cap a, the battery 0, and induction-coil 0, net E,armature, and the contact-points f f, I 5

and the wires w w w incombinatien with the as described.

Cap B, having the stem 2), the cap B, the Wi re E. HOWARD WRIGHT. w themagnet E, and the contact-points ar- Witnesses: ranged to separate uponthe closing of the M. F. BLIGH,

Io circuit, as described. 7 J'. A. MILLER, J r.

